36 Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury, N. Y— Evergreens 
American Hemlock, continued 
Another quality of Hemlock is but little appre- 
ciated — its ability to stand shade. No other ever- 
green except the Yew exceeds it in this respect. 
Hemlocks should be planted in the edges of wood- 
land, along woodland drives and on steep north 
slopes. A Long Island forest is often a monotonous 
collection of nearly uniform telegraph poles, and 
one of the difficult landscape problems with new 
residences in such situations is planting the border 
and interior of such woodland. 
One solution is to plant Hemlock, Yew, Cephalo- 
taxus Fortunei in the shadiest portions with White 
Pine, Norway and Douglas Spruce where there 
is half sunshine. For deciduous planting, add 
Beech and White Birch where they can have a sunny 
position, backed by the darkest evergreens. Plant, 
also, Flowering Dogwood, Red-flowering Dogwood, 
Japanese Dogwood, Judas, Azalea, Golden Bell, 
Dwarf Horse -Chestnut, Viburnum, Laurel, Holly 
and Rhododendron, with the following vines to 
climb the tree trunks. Bitter Sweet, Euonymus 
radicans, Honeysuckle, Climbing Roses, Trumpet 
Creeper, Virginia Creeper and Wistaria. Besides 
these, there are a host of small woodland wild flow- 
ers and bulbs. We offer Hemlocks up to 24 feet in 
height. 
Carolina. Tsuga Caroliniana. The Carolina Hem- 
lock is a hardy, handsome tree of lighter green 
color and foliage wider apart than the common. 
Old Hemlock Hedge 
We offer about 400 feet of hedge, as illustrated on 
page 11. It is about 30 years old and has a mature, 
long-established appearance. It most closely re- 
Hemlocfy Screen to stable at Oyster Bay, L. I. 
Old Hemlock Hedge, continued 
sembles the famous Yew hedges of England. There 
are thousands of dollars annually wasted by im- 
porting English Yew, which dies or gets ragged in a 
few years. This hedge has been root-pruned to 
prepare it for successful transplanting. It can be 
taken up in numbered sections and planted as it 
was before. It is far cheaper than brick or stone 
walls to surround a formal garden, and much more 
beautiful and has none of the raw, new look of such 
walls. It can be delivered on our tree-movers over 
a wide radius on the good roads of Long Island, or 
it can be shipped by. rail. 
This hedge offers an unequaled opportunity to 
architects and landscape architects to obtain im- 
mediate results for their clients. 
See similar hedge that we moved for laundry- 
yard screen for Mr. W. G. Oakman. 
Juniper • Juniperus 
Common. Juniperus communis, var. Canadensis. 
This is a common plant on the abandoned pas- 
tures of New England, and is occasionally found 
wild on Long Island. It forms a broad, spreading 
mat of ascending branches, sometimes 15 feet 
wide and 3 feet high. It is a useful plant for low 
evergreen groups or for edging taller groups 
for the top of a terrace or near the seashore. 
Golden. J. communis, var. Canadensis aurea. 
This is the best low golden evergreen. It is of a 
bright clear color and remains low. We have a 
stock of it which has been sheared and roots 
pruned and gives good mature effect, the plants 
.being 5 to 8 years old. 
We recommend it for beds of ever- 
greens, as described under Retinospora. 
Prostrate, or Trailing. J. Sabina, var. pros- 
tata. This is a very distinct species, being 
wholly prostrate and spreading along the 
ground in wide circles. It has a dark green 
color and a moss-like texture. Along the 
coast of Maine it clings to the rock within 
reach of the surf. It is appropriate for the 
top of a stone wall, at the side of terrace 
steps, or at the edge of groups of evergreens. 
In the dry portion of a rock-garden, it 
will be especially at home. Some of the 
plants are a dark green color and others 
blue, the latter being the variety Hud- 
sonica. 
Chinese. Chinensis, var. procumbens . 
This is an even more compact bed of moss 
than the preceding. In Japan it is used for 
holding the drifting sand dunes, showing 
that their horticulture has advanced farther 
than ours in making plants work for man- 
kind. The oldest plant in our Nursery is 
5 feet in diameter and about 8 inches high. 
It has been growing ten years. The plant 
makes such an even growth as to suggest 
its use instead of grass in covering the 
ground. The color in winter is a brighter 
green than any similar evergreen. It is 
pleasant to walk upon. 
Irish. communis, var. Hibernica. While 
this plant has decided uses in landscape 
gardening, we have decided to grow as 
little of it as possible because it is so fre- 
quently winter-killed. It is a narrow 
pillar, perhaps 1 foot in diameter and 6 
feet high. 
